Deep Listening: A Composer's Sound Practice offers an exciting guide to ways of listening and sounding. This book provides unique insights and perspectives for artists, students, teachers, meditators and anyone interested in how consciousness may be effected by profound attention to the sonic environment . Deep Listening is a practice created by composer Pauline Oliveros in order to enhance her own as well as other's listening skills. She teaches this practice worldwide in workshops, retreats and in her ground breaking Deep Listening classes at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Mills College. Deep Listening practice is accessible to anyone with an interest in listening. Undergraduates with no musical training benefit from the practices and successfully engage in creative sound projects. Many report life changing effects from participating in the Deep Listening classes and retreats. Oliveros is recognized as a pioneer in electronic music and a leader in contemporary music as composer, performer, educator and author. Her works are performed internationally and her improvisational performances are documented extensively on recordings, in the literature and on the worldwide web.
Gothic, Romanesque, Modernist, Metabolist... The variety of styles through architectural history can be bewildering. Whether it be a Gothic crocket or a simple Modernist join, this book illustrates all the key architectural styles from around the world using beautiful, specially commissioned drawings to identify key features and details.It begins with the earliest styles of the ancient civilizations - Egypt, Greece and Rome - before travelling through Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque and into the modern world via the panoply of 19th century revivalist styles. Also covered is the traditional architecture of China, India, Japan and Pre-Columbian America. A final section gathers together key architectural elements from different periods - columns, towers, doorways, windows.Filled with hundreds of drawings by an expert architectural illustrator, this book is ideal for anyone with a general interest in architecture as well as for students.
Language: English, Binding: Paperback, Number of pages: 296, Publishers: Image Comics, Author: Ian Bertram, ISBN-13: 9781534361669, Date of issue: 2025
Language: English, Binding: Paperback, Number of pages: 216, Publishers: Michael Wiese Productions, Author: Robert Denton Bryant, ISBN-13: 9781615932290, Date of issue: 2015
Rigid-heddle weaving is simple to learn, is easy to master, and offers a lifetime of possibilities to discover!"Weaving Large on a Little Loom "covers everything rigid-heddle weavers need to know about the craft, from the basics -- how to select a loom, how to set it up, and how to get started -- to a wide variety of fun techniques that yield beautiful results.Begin by exploring a variety of weave structures, including finger-manipulated laces, tapestry, and color play with stripes, plaids, and multicolor yarns. Then move on to more complex designs and irresistible projects, from pillows and curtains to bags, shawls, and even jewelry.Explore warp-face patterning, weft-pile weaving, weaving with fine threads, woven shibori, shadow weave, and the textural effects you can create with different yarns and with wire and conductive thread.Everything you need to know is here, with fully illustrated step-by-step instructions to ensure success.
Now, more than ever, your brand is either loved - or it's noise. In a world defined by digital products and immediate gratification, how can your brand stand out? When consumers can easily have anything, how can your brand be the one thing they can't live without?To rise to this challenge, brands must shape not just what consumers buy, but how they act, feel and connect. This requires a new perspective, one that goes beyond business and into the fundamentals of human behaviour.Branding that Means Business combines the latest business thinking with psychology, sociology, and anthropology to show that a brand can't serve a business unless it connects with people. Equipped with these human-based perspectives, you'll have the tools to create, enhance and distinguish your brand in new and impactful ways - and make it a must-have in the minds and lives of your consumers.
3-osaline anaaldildo komplekt erinevates suurustes – ideaalne algajatele, natuke kogenumatele ja tõelistele proffidele. Komplektis on ka väike vibreeriv lisaseade, mis lisab anaalmängudele tõelist naudingut! Miks see hea on? Kolm erineva suurusega anaaltappi – järkjärguline ja õrn avardamineNahale sõbralik, paindlik ja hästi painduv materjalPehme, sametine pind – hellitus nahaleKooniline kuju – lihtne sisestamineHaakekujuline laienev põhi – turvaliseks ja mugavaks kasutamiseksSisestatav minivibraator – sobib kõigi kolme dildo juurde10 erinevat vibratsioonirežiimi – mitmekülgne kasutamineSisseehitatud aku – ei pea patareide pärast muretsemaPööra sellele tähelepanu: Puhasta hoolikalt enne ja pärast igat kasutuskordaKasutades määrit, vali ainult veepõhine variantÄra kasuta samaaegselt tupees ja anuses (enne puhasta)Seade ei ole veekindel, seega puhastamisel väldi vee sattumist elektriosadeleKuidas kasutada? Pärast sobivat eelmängu ja lihaste ettevalmistust aseta ohtralt määrit kasutades kõige väiksem dildo kohale.Kõigepealt pigista ja lõdvesta lihaseid, nagu teeksid raskustega trenni.Korda harjutust alguses vaid lühikest aega. Lisaelamuse saamiseks tõmba kergelt sisse-välja.Kui väiksemad suurused enam mingeid raskusi ei valmista, proovi julgesti ka suuremaid.Juhtimine: Toode on varustatud ühe ainsama nupuga (power). Seda all hoides saad seadme sisse ja välja lülitada. Edasised vajutused vahetavad vibratsioonirežiime. Laadimine: Toode on lihtsasti laetav tänu magnetilisele USB-kaablile. Laadimiskoht asub seadme allosas, kus kaks väikest metallist punkti. Paki sisu: 1 väike anaaldildo: kogupikkus: 8,3 cmsisetatav pikkus (koos põhjaga): 7,5 cmmax. läbimõõt: 3,3 cmkaela läbimõõt: 2,2 cmpõhja suurus: 7,2 x 2,5 x 0,5 cm1 keskmine anaaldildo: kogupikkus: 8,4 cmsisetatav pikkus (koos põhjaga): 7,5 cmmax. läbimõõt: 3,9 cmkaela läbimõõt: 2,2 cmpõhja suurus: 8,6 x 2,8 x 0,5 cm1 suur anaaldildo: kogupikkus: 9,7 cmsisetatav pikkus (koos põhjaga): 8,6 cmmax. läbimõõt: 4,5 cmkaela läbimõõt: 2,2 cmpõhja suurus: 9 x 3 x 0,5 cmOmadused: paindlik ja vastupidav materjalkitsenev kooniline kujuhaakekujuline, laienev põhiminivibraator (7,6 x 2 cm)sobilik kõigile kolmele tapilemugav, kitsas kaelsisseehitatud akukasutusaeg: umbes 80 minutitlaadimisaeg: umbes 120 minutitmust värvmaterjal: Silikoon PU-kattega, ABS (vastab EL-i määrusele, ftalaadivaba)Puhastamise soovitus: Puhasta õrna seebiveega, seejärel loputa ja lase kuivada. Soovitatav: Kasuta spetsiaalset puhastusvahendit (06302500000) – tellitav eraldi.
One of Shakespeare's later plays, best described as a tragi-comedy, the play falls into two distinct parts. In the first Leontes is thrown into a jealous rage by his suspicions of his wife Hermione and his best-friend, and imprisons her and orders that her new born daughter be left to perish. The second half is a pastoral comedy with the "lost" daughter Perdita having been rescued by shepherds and now in love with a young prince. The play ends with former lovers and friends reunited after the apparently miraculous resurrection of Hermione. John Pitcher's lively introduction and commentary explores the extraordinary merging of theatrical forms in the play and its success in performance. As the recent Sam Mendes production at the Old Vic shows, this is a play that can work a kind of magic in the theatre.
'By far the best edition of King Lear - in respect of both textual and other matters - that we now have.'John Lyon, English Language Notes'This volume is a treasure-trove of precise information and stimulating comments on practically every aspect of the Lear-universe. I know of no other edition which I would recommend with such confidence: to students, professional colleagues and also the 'educated public'.'Dieter Mehl, Shakespeare Jahrbuch, vol 134
Shanzhai is a Chinese neologism that means "fake," originally coined to describe knock-off cell phones marketed under such names as Nokir and Samsing. These cell phones were not crude forgeries but multifunctional, stylish, and as good as or better than the originals. Shanzhai has since spread into other parts of Chinese life, with shanzhai books, shanzhai politicians, shanzhai stars. In the West, this would be seen as piracy, or even desecration, but in Chinese culture, originals are continually transformed - deconstructed. In this volume in the Untimely Meditations series, Byung-Chul Han traces the thread of deconstruction, or "decreation," in Chinese thought, from ancient masterpieces that invite inscription and transcription to Maoism - "a kind a shanzhai Marxism," Han writes.
A devilishly funny collection of comics that explores our most gruesome, hilarious, and bizarre fears--and the dangers lurking around every corner.We all have strange, irrational fears--from seeing ghosts in the bedroom mirror to being sucke
THE WAY OF THE CYCLING DISCIPLE Rule #6: Free your mind and your legs will follow. Rule #9: If you cycle in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period. Rule #12: The correct number of bikes to own is n+1, where n is the number of bikes currently owned. THE VELOMINATI embrace cycling not as a pastime, but as a way of life, as obsessed with style, heritage, authenticity and wisdom as with performance. THE RULES is their Bible. It is an essential part of every cyclist's arsenal - whether you're grudgingly cycling to work in the rain or gearing up to be the next Bradley Wiggins, Chris Hoy or Victoria Pendleton. velominati.com twitter.com/velominati facebook.com/velominati velominati.tumblr.com/ youtube.com/velominati
From the Great Depression to the Second World War, and from post-war recovery to the present day, distinguished journalist Nicholas Wapshott examines the spirited debates between two giants of the twentieth century - John Maynard Keynes and Friedrich Hayek - whose disparate visions still hold the world in their thrall.
Part of the Penguin Orange Collection, a limited-run series of twelve influential and beloved American classics in a bold series design offering a modern take on the iconic Penguin paperback Winner of the 2016 AIGA + Design Observer 50 Books - 50
*Newbery Honor Book**Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor* A candid and fierce middle grade novel about sisterhood and sexual abuse, by two-time Newbery Honor winner and #1 New York Times best seller Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, author of The War that Saved My LifeKirkus Prize FinalistBoston Globe Best Book of the YearHorn Book Fanfare Best Book of the YearSchool Library Journal Best Book of the YearBooklist Best Book of the YearKirkus Best Book of the YearBookPage Best Book of the YearNew York Public Library Best Book of the YearChicago Public Library Best Book of the YearGolden Kite Honor BookRise: Feminist Book Project SelectionALSC Notable BookCooperative Children s Book Center (CCBC) Choices SelectionJunior Library Guild Selection "Fighting Words is raw, it is real, it is necessary, a must-read for children and their adults--a total triumph in all ways." Holly Goldberg Sloan, New York Times bestselling author of Counting by 7sTen-year-old Della has always had her older sister, Suki: When their mom went to prison, Della had Suki. When their mom's boyfriend took them in, Della had Suki. When that same boyfriend did something so awful they had to run fast, Della had Suki. Suki is Della's own wolf--her protector. But who has been protecting Suki? Della might get told off for swearing at school, but she has always known how to keep quiet where it counts. Then Suki tries to kill herself, and Della's world turns so far upside down, it feels like it's shaking her by the ankles. Maybe she's been quiet about the wrong things. Maybe it's time to be loud.In this powerful novel that explodes the stigma around child sexual abuse and leavens an intense tale with compassion and humor, Kimberly Brubaker Bradley tells a story about two sisters, linked by love and trauma, who must find their own voices before they can find their way back to each other. "Della s matter-of-fact narration manages to be as funny and charming as it is devastatingly sad. . . . This is a novel about trauma and the scars it leaves on bodies, minds and hearts. But more than that, it s a book about resilience, strength and healing." New York Times Book Review"One of the most important books ever written for kids." Colby Sharp of Nerdy Book Club"One for the history books....One of the best of the year." Betsy Bird for A Fuse #8 Production/SLJ"Gripping. Life-changing...I am awe-struck." Donna Gephart, author of Lily and Dunkin"Compassionate, truthful, and beautiful." Elana K. Arnold, author of Damsel"I am blown away. [This] may be Kimberly Brubaker Bradley's best work yet." Barbara Dee, author of Maybe He Just Likes You"A book that lets [kids] know they have never been alone. And never will be." Kat Yeh, author of The Truth About Twinkie Pie"Meets the criteria of great children's literature that [will] resonate with adults too." Bitch Media* "At once heartbreaking and hopeful." Kirkus (starred review)* "Honest [and] empowering...An important book for readers of all ages." SLJ (starred review)* "Sensitive[,] deft, and vivid." BCCB (starred review)* "Prepare to read furiously." Booklist (starred review) * "An essential, powerful mirror and window for any reader." PW (starred review)* "Enlightening, empowering and--yes--uplifting." BookPage (starred review)* "Unforgettable." The Horn Book (starred review)
For millennia, fresh olive oil has been one of life's necessities-not just as food but also as medicine, a beauty aid, and a vital element of religious ritual. Today's researchers are continuing to confirm the remarkable, life-giving properties of true extra-virgin, and "extra-virgin Italian" has become the highest standard of quality. But what if this symbol of purity has become deeply corrupt? Starting with an explosive article in The New Yorker, Tom Mueller has become the world's expert on olive oil and olive oil fraud-a story of globalization, deception, and crime in the food industry from ancient times to the present, and a powerful indictment of today's lax protections against fake and even toxic food products in the United States. A rich and deliciously readable narrative, Extra Virginity is also an inspiring account of the artisanal producers, chemical analysts, chefs, and food activists who are defending the extraordinary oils that truly deserve the name "extra-virgin."
